"This GIRL" Layout by Marie Sabatier

Hello everyone,

We are already in September, the month of the start of the school year here in France 

and the health crisis is unfortunately still very present.

For my first layout this month, I chose to do a vintage and romantic layout with this photo 

of my little girl.

"This GIRL"

The 2Crafty Chipboards used:

- Word This GIRL

- Pointed Doilly Frames 1

- Parisian Border 

To start, I applied a coat of white gesso on each chipboard.

I embellished "Parisian Border" chipboard with metallic "Heather Hills" 

wax in a single finger coat.

And arranged directly on the bottom of my page.

I proceeded in the same way for the chipobards "Pointed Doilly Frames".

I am a little hesitant to keep the same color to work the chipboards but by adding 

a little "Old White" mat wax it allowed me to obtain a little contrast and light.

I embellished the title with Lindy's gang "brown" embossing powder 

which I then filed down to obtain an aged effect.

I love framing my photos with these beautiful chipboards.

I also like when they impose themselves on a layout.

That's it, it's over for me, I'll see you soon.

Good scrap to you!

Marie

Tam's September Share

Hello there Crafty folk!

Tam here today to share my latest 2Crafty Chipboard creation.

This one's titled:

"This Girl"

A layout about my gorgeous niece. Isn't she just divine?

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"This Girl Title"

"Rose Set"

"Flower Doilies"

"Pine Needle Wreath"

I began by painting all of the chippy with a couple of coats of white gesso.

To the "Pine Needle Wreath" I added white acrylic paint. Simple, easy, yet a great contrast.

I then painted the largest doily from the  "Flower Doilies" set with Dylusions Ink Sprays.

I love using this technique.  Instead of spritzing them on, I open the bottles and
 paint it on with a paintbrush. It gives a more intense colour.

For this I used the colours 'After Midnight' and 'Lavender'. I love adding
them over the top of each other in sections as this creates an 'ombre feel'.

I repeated this process on the roses in the "Roses Set".

I then painted the leaves/branches with white acrylic paint and
then added some doodling with a black marker.

I love that this ties the layout together, and the effect on the chippy
 co-ordinates with the flowers that I stamped and fussy cut out.

To the "This girl title", I added white paint to the bottom word,
 and added navy acrylic paint to the cursive word.

I love the 2Crafty titles with the dual fonts, and I love
painting them different colours to match my layouts.

So that's it from me today, I hope it's inspired you to get creating.

I'll be back again soon to share again with you all,
until then you can head to my BLOG for more.

September Inspiration by Kareen Dion

Hello 2Crafty fans!!! 

It's Kareen here today for some September Inspiration!

My first layout "Cherish" is one of my little (not so little) dog!

Jax is his name and he is so so adorable. 

As you can see, I used several chipboards. I used the Brick Panel, I cut it out and

 took only what I needed to. I also used Summer Leaf Stems and I finally finished

 my layout with the title "Cherish" from Mini Word Set 2.

"Cherish"

I embossed both the word "Cherish" and the Brick Panel with embossing powder.

For the Summer Leaf Stems I painted them and with modeling paste, add a little bit of texture on it.

2Crafty Chipboards used : 

- Brick Panel

- Summer Leaf Stems

- Mini Word Set 2

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For my second layout, it's a more girly page. 

My daughter is a real model, she likes it I think! 

Anyway, she always gives me nice pictures for my layouts.

I began with a wood paper and then decided to add a more dramatic look

with a darker color and a touch of pink. I used Star Bubble Set,  the gorgeous
 Angel Wings and the title This Girl.

"This Girl"

For the Angel Wings, I embossed them with black glitter embossing powder.

The Star Bubble Set are also embossed with light pink embossing powder.

And finally, the title "This Girl" is also embossed with black embossing powder.

2Crafty Chipboards Used : 

- Star Bubble Set

- Angel Wings

- This Girl Title

Thanks for passing by today!!

And I wish you a lot of creativity and inspiration!

See You Next Time!

Kareen xx

August Inspiration by Debbie

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with you today to share my August projects.

"What A Wonderful Day"

I found this lovely photo on Pinterest and created this romantic layout.  I added lots of mixed media to the background paper, including some masking, stamping, paint and glass glitter.

2Crafty Chipboard used:

5" Floral Frame

Mini Flourish Bits

Chloe's Vines

What A Wonderful Day

Here I've used a piece from Chloe's Vines, embossed with a mixture of blue, auburn and pearl embossing powders.  I also applied a light coating of blue paint.  To the left and right of the photo I placed pieces from Mini Flourish Bits, embossed with blue powder and a touch of blue paint as well.

The photo is surrounded by the 5" Floral Frame, embossed and painted the same as the Chloe's Vine.

The title is perfect for the photo, embossed blue gray.

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"This Girl"

Next I have a "girly" layout, full of  lovely pastel shades.  Love this photo of my friend's daughter. 

 Lots of masking, stamping and paint added to the background paper

2Crafty Chipboard used:

Corner Heart Spray

Circle Heart Frames

Mini Branches

This Girl

I added several layers of mixed media to the Corner Heart Spray Chipboard.  Two different shades of pink embossing powders, along with a couple shades of pink paint and stamping.

Tucked within the cluster of flowers I added some Mini Branches embossed green.

Behind the photo I placed the Circle Heart Frame, which I applied some embossing powders, paint and stamping.  The Title "This Girl" was embossed with some mint green powder.

  I hope I have inspired you.  See you next month!

. . . Debbie

Karine's April Shares and a Video Tutorial

Hi crafty friends, It's my turn today to share my April inspirations here on the 2Crafty blog. I don't know why,

 I seem to gravitate towards purple this month. My first layout is called «Treasure» and
it showcases an old picture of my father when he was about 16 years old.

"Treasure"

I used clear gesso to cover the whole background paper. Then, I used two shades of metallic
acrylic paint. When everything was dry, I used black archival ink to stamp some numbers
and some checkered patterns. I finally used black modeling paste through a square stencil.

To anchor my composition, I used some of the 6'' Clock Face Frames,
 which I embossed with purple embossing powder.

Here and there, under my clusters, I scattered some of the  
Checkerboard Clumps pieces, that were embossed in black.

At the end, I used some micro beads on my my background, and some embellishments.

My title piece, the word «Treasure», is from the Mini Word Set 1. I embossed it in copper.

2Crafty products used:

Checkerboard Clumps

6'' Clock Face Frames

Mini Word Set 1

"This Girl"

My second layout features my daughter. I can't believe how fast
she grew up: she's already reading!

On my background, I used some clear gesso all over.
(I forgot to show this step in the video tutorial, sorry!)
I then spread some white gesso to create the area where I'll spread some color.

Some modeling paste, shimmering paints, sprays, stamps
and ink were used to create the background.

My main composition is built around the beautiful Ava's Frames piece.
 I painted it with purple metallic acrylic paint.

I used flowers, die-cuts leaves and flair badges to embellish my layout.

I thought it looked good, but I wanted to add another piece of chipboard, painted in
 blue metallic acrylic paint, this time, so I went for one Heart Charms piece.

I placed it towards the bottom of my picture. All around the main cluster, I used some
micro beads, some glass glitter and other mica flakes to add texture.

My title piece is the This Girl chipboard, which I painted with the same
 purple metallic acrylic paint that I used before.

I made a video tutorial to share my creative process with you.
 I hope you enjoy it.

TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE

2Crafty products used:

Heart Charms

Ava's Frames

This Girl

Thanks so much for stopping by today.